Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bus: fsl-mc: fix double-free on mc_dev The blamed commit tried to simplify how the deallocations are done but, in the process, introduced a double-free on the mc_dev variable. In case the MC device is a DPRC, a new mc_bus is allocated and the mc_dev variable is just a reference to one of its fields. In this circumstance, on the error path only the mc_bus should be freed. This commit introduces back the following checkpatch warning which is a false-positive. WARNING: kfree(NULL) is safe and this check is probably not required + if (mc_bus) + kfree(mc_bus);
References
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
CVSS impact metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 · High
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Information
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Published
2025-07-10T08:15:30.240
5 months agoLast modified
2025-12-19T16:44:23.293
2 hours ago